LESLIE ELLIOTTSMITH
_EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts Printmaking/painting, Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA May 1979
Bachelors of Science Art Education K-12, Louisiana State UniversityBaton Rouge, LA May 1977
EMPLOYMENT
INSTRUCTOR/ DESIGNER FINE ARTS SURVEY online course
Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts - Louisiana Virtual School
Fall 1990 to present; web-based Fine Arts Survey class for Louisiana High Schools for high school credit and dual enrollment college credit.
GALLERY AFFILIATION
LeMieux Galleries New Orleans LA http://www.lemieuxgalleries.com 504-522-5988
STATE ART FELLOWSHIP
Louisiana State Arts Council Visual Arts Fellowship 1994-95, $5000.00.
Louisiana State Arts Council Mini-Grant for professional development $500. 0ct. 1998
PUBLIC ART COLLECTIONS
o City of Alexandria City Hall and Water building, LA
o Louisiana State University-Alexandria campus fountain Alexandria, LA
o Calvary Baptist Church Alexandria, LA 3 works
o Alexandria Town Talk Newspaper building mural Alexandria, LA
o City of Shreveport Public Art Collection, mural , LA (destroyed by construction 2005)
o City of New Orleans Collection DA Office 2 works permanent collection
o Alexandria Museum of Art Alexandria, LA permanent collection
o Masur Museum of Art Monroe LA 2 works permanent collection
o New Orleans Southern Baptist Hospital Womens Pavillion
o Central Bank Monroe LA (now Bank One)
o University of Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg, MS 1 work permanent collection
o Beaumont Art League Gallery Beaumont, TX 1 work permanent collection
o Louisiana State University-Alexandria Library 1 work permanent collection
o Louisiana College Pineville LA several works permanent collection
Recent SOLO exhibits
· Dreams and Other Visions,River Oaks Arts Center April - May 2008
· A Landscape of Human Emotions, LeMieux Gallery New Orleans Dec. 2002
· Passages, LeMieux Gallery, New Orleans Dec/Jan ‘98-99
· Elliottsmith, River Oaks Arts Center, Alexandria LA Spr. ‘97
RECENT GROUP Invitational Exhibits
Photographers Guild Exhibit Alexandria Museum of Art Alexandria LA June - Aug '12
Photographers Guild exhibit 2012 River Oaks Arts Center Alexandria LA Jan - Feb '12
LSUA Faculty and Friends Alexandria Museum of Art Alexandria LA May/June ‘11
Growing Pains LeMieux Galleries, New Orleans June/July 2010
Uniquely Louisiana Collectors - Nicole and David Holcombe Art Collection Meadows Museum of Art, Shreveport, La Jan. - Apr ‘10
Women in Art River Oaks Arts Center, Alexandria curator: Mark Tullos Oct. ’08
25th Anniversary Group Exhibition LeMieux Galleries, New Orleans July ‘08
HURRICANE SEASON LeMieux Galleries, New Orleans July ‘06
ABBREVIATED RECENT JURIED Exhibitions (95 juried exhibits in total)
4th Regional Juried Exhibit, MSC Forsyth Center Galleries,Texas A & M University, Bryan, TX. juror: Graeme Reid Apr. - Aug. '12
LaGrange Nat'l XXVII Lamar Dodd Art Center, La Grang GA Feb. - Apr '12
17th annual ARTS IN HARMONY 2012 Elk River, Minnesota Juror:Peter Spooner CASH MERIT AWARD Feb. - Mar '12
27th Annual Internation Exibition, UT Tyler, TX. Juror: Karl Umlauf Jan - Mar '12
20x20x20 Nat’l Juried exhibit LSU Union Art Gallery Baton Rouge, LA
Juror: Julie Sasse Oct. – Nov ‘11
Third Coast National K- Space Contemporary Gallery Corpus Christi, TX Sept–Nov. ‘11
24th Annual Northern National, Nicolet College, Rhinelander WI
Juror: Dennis Wojtkiewicz College collection purchase award July-Sept ‘11
46th Annual Juried St. Tammany Art Association, Covington, LA juror: Lee Gray Sum ‘11
Southern Open, Acadiana Arts Center, Lafayette LA juror: Amy Mackie Sum ‘11
2nd Regional Juried art exhibition, Texas A & M, MSC Forsyth Center, Bryan, TX Sum ‘11
Baker Arts Center , 13th National Juried Art Exhibit Liberal KS
Juror: Lawrence Bradshaw 3rd place cash award Apr/June ‘11
National Photography and Digital Imagery competition, Palm Beach State College
Palm Beach FLJuror – Anna Tomczak Oct/Dec ‘10
Alexandria Museum of Art 21th September Competition, Alexandria LA Aug/Nov. ‘10
Juror: Kelli Scott Kelley
Texas National Stephen F. Austin University Jurors:Jerry Uelsmann, Maggie Taylor Spr. '03
Master of Fine Arts Printmaking/painting, Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA May 1979
Bachelors of Science Art Education K-12, Louisiana State UniversityBaton Rouge, LA May 1977
EMPLOYMENT
INSTRUCTOR/ DESIGNER FINE ARTS SURVEY online course
Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts - Louisiana Virtual School
Fall 1990 to present; web-based Fine Arts Survey class for Louisiana High Schools for high school credit and dual enrollment college credit.
GALLERY AFFILIATION
LeMieux Galleries New Orleans LA http://www.lemieuxgalleries.com 504-522-5988
STATE ART FELLOWSHIP
Louisiana State Arts Council Visual Arts Fellowship 1994-95, $5000.00.
Louisiana State Arts Council Mini-Grant for professional development $500. 0ct. 1998
PUBLIC ART COLLECTIONS
o City of Alexandria City Hall and Water building, LA
o Louisiana State University-Alexandria campus fountain Alexandria, LA
o Calvary Baptist Church Alexandria, LA 3 works
o Alexandria Town Talk Newspaper building mural Alexandria, LA
o City of Shreveport Public Art Collection, mural , LA (destroyed by construction 2005)
o City of New Orleans Collection DA Office 2 works permanent collection
o Alexandria Museum of Art Alexandria, LA permanent collection
o Masur Museum of Art Monroe LA 2 works permanent collection
o New Orleans Southern Baptist Hospital Womens Pavillion
o Central Bank Monroe LA (now Bank One)
o University of Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg, MS 1 work permanent collection
o Beaumont Art League Gallery Beaumont, TX 1 work permanent collection
o Louisiana State University-Alexandria Library 1 work permanent collection
o Louisiana College Pineville LA several works permanent collection
Recent SOLO exhibits
· Dreams and Other Visions,River Oaks Arts Center April - May 2008
· A Landscape of Human Emotions, LeMieux Gallery New Orleans Dec. 2002
· Passages, LeMieux Gallery, New Orleans Dec/Jan ‘98-99
· Elliottsmith, River Oaks Arts Center, Alexandria LA Spr. ‘97
RECENT GROUP Invitational Exhibits
Photographers Guild Exhibit Alexandria Museum of Art Alexandria LA June - Aug '12
Photographers Guild exhibit 2012 River Oaks Arts Center Alexandria LA Jan - Feb '12
LSUA Faculty and Friends Alexandria Museum of Art Alexandria LA May/June ‘11
Growing Pains LeMieux Galleries, New Orleans June/July 2010
Uniquely Louisiana Collectors - Nicole and David Holcombe Art Collection Meadows Museum of Art, Shreveport, La Jan. - Apr ‘10
Women in Art River Oaks Arts Center, Alexandria curator: Mark Tullos Oct. ’08
25th Anniversary Group Exhibition LeMieux Galleries, New Orleans July ‘08
HURRICANE SEASON LeMieux Galleries, New Orleans July ‘06
ABBREVIATED RECENT JURIED Exhibitions (95 juried exhibits in total)
4th Regional Juried Exhibit, MSC Forsyth Center Galleries,Texas A & M University, Bryan, TX. juror: Graeme Reid Apr. - Aug. '12
LaGrange Nat'l XXVII Lamar Dodd Art Center, La Grang GA Feb. - Apr '12
17th annual ARTS IN HARMONY 2012 Elk River, Minnesota Juror:Peter Spooner CASH MERIT AWARD Feb. - Mar '12
27th Annual Internation Exibition, UT Tyler, TX. Juror: Karl Umlauf Jan - Mar '12
20x20x20 Nat’l Juried exhibit LSU Union Art Gallery Baton Rouge, LA
Juror: Julie Sasse Oct. – Nov ‘11
Third Coast National K- Space Contemporary Gallery Corpus Christi, TX Sept–Nov. ‘11
24th Annual Northern National, Nicolet College, Rhinelander WI
Juror: Dennis Wojtkiewicz College collection purchase award July-Sept ‘11
46th Annual Juried St. Tammany Art Association, Covington, LA juror: Lee Gray Sum ‘11
Southern Open, Acadiana Arts Center, Lafayette LA juror: Amy Mackie Sum ‘11
2nd Regional Juried art exhibition, Texas A & M, MSC Forsyth Center, Bryan, TX Sum ‘11
Baker Arts Center , 13th National Juried Art Exhibit Liberal KS
Juror: Lawrence Bradshaw 3rd place cash award Apr/June ‘11
National Photography and Digital Imagery competition, Palm Beach State College
Palm Beach FLJuror – Anna Tomczak Oct/Dec ‘10
Alexandria Museum of Art 21th September Competition, Alexandria LA Aug/Nov. ‘10
Juror: Kelli Scott Kelley
Texas National Stephen F. Austin University Jurors:Jerry Uelsmann, Maggie Taylor Spr. '03
